Improvement in collar-supports and friction-pads



L. E. CRANE.

No.'22o,9637

N. PETERS, PHOTQ-LITHQGRAPHER, WASHKNQTON, D C.

NITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

LAUREN E. CRANE, or ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COLLAR-SUPPORTS AND FRI'CTION-PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,963, dated October 28, 1879; application filed september 30, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAUREN E. CRANE, of Rochester, Minnesota, have. invented a new and Improved Collar-Support and Friction- Pad for Horse-Collars, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in 'Which- Figure lis a perspective view ot a horsecollar with my improvements attached. Fig. 2 shows the collar-support and yfriction-pad detached. Fig. 3 shows a modification of the collar-support. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the collar with support and pad attached.

My invention relates to the use of collars on horses, and is designed to relieve the neck of the horse from the pressure when desired, and also to guard his shoulders against fric- -tion from the collar; and it consists of the combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the eXact manner in which I have earried it out.

In the drawings, A represents a horse-collar, and E a pair of haines attached thereto. As now made and used the collar when in position drops down and rests suspended on the neck ofthe horse, frequently gallin g the neck and producing sores thereon.

To relieve these sores and allow them to cure is the object of my invention.

The constant friction of the collar upon the shoulders of a horse tends to make the shoulders sensitive and sore, thereby rendering the horsemore or less unt for service. To remedy this is another object of my invention.

The support C is a broad strap passing over the neck of the yhorse in front of the collar, and is secured at each end to the breast-rin g of the hames by means of snap-hooks and adjustable straps D. By means of the straps D thus arranged the collar may be lifted from the upper part of the horses neck-say, from three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a teeting them against sores.

halfthus removing the cause and allowing the sore to heal under the inlinence ot' a free circulation ot' air between the neck andthe top of the collar. As the sore heals and cures' up the collar may be gradually loweredv by means of the buckles,l until it is again allowed to rest upon the upper part of the neck.

It is evident that the support may be placed in the rear of the collar, as shown in Fig. 3, and be securedlto the haine tug, clip, or staple, and by this arrangement of the support raise the collar from the neck and relieve a sore; or, in some cases, as I have found by experiment, the straps D may be extended so as to embrace the pole or neck-yoke, thus relieving the collar from the Weight ofthe pole, and indirectly relieving the neck to that extent.

Attached to the support C is the frictionpad B, Iitting loosely within the collar and somewhat shorter than the colla-r, so that it may rest lightly on the upper part of the neck when the collar has been raised bythe support, as shown in Fig. -l. This friction-pad lies smoothly and quietly against the shoulders of the horse, while the collar constantly plays outside of and against it, thus relieving the shoulders from injurious friction and proneed not necessarily be attached directly to the support to secure combined action, for as the collar is raised Within certain limits by the support the friction-pad'will drop down into position.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a horse-collar, the support C for raising the collar from the neck, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

`2. In combination with the support C, construeted as described, the friction-pad B, made shorter than the collar, substantially as and for the purpose described.

LAUREN EDGAR CRANE.

Titnesses RAYFANKHoUsER, E. E. BIERMANN.

The friction-pad 

